COOL CLASSIC CAR SPOTTERS POST!!! Vol 2

[randomeddy]

Can't remember the last time I saw one of these in the flesh.
Taxed and on the road but being used for storage.

[yellowjack]

randomeddy said:

Can't remember the last time I saw one of these in the flesh.
Taxed and on the road but being used for storage.

Nice. Except for the silly-small period wheels.

1969 Bond Equipe 2.0 litre.

According to 'How Many Left' there are only 6 of the 2 litre cars left registered. Four '69 cars licensed and one SORN, with one '70 car licensed.

https://www.howmanyleft.co.uk/vehicle/bond_equipe#...

[ZNSsupercars]

uk66fastback said:

Driving up the A1 last week I saw this old Inca Yellow MGB GT hurtling along in front doing 70+ ...

Managed to catch up with it at the Black Cat roundabout and then spotted his nearside front wing ... !

It had certainly has a recent full length sill - that I could tell from looking through the hole ...

Strange ...

Shame about the hole

[threespires]

nicanary said:

When I was a kid you got a lot of points for the Greyhound in the I-Spy Book of Cars. I never saw one, and still haven't seen one in the flesh. Really pretty car.

My boy has to find a Caparo - fat chance..

[Oldwolf]

threespires said:

My boy has to find a Caparo - fat chance..

I suggest one of his best chances would be Goodwood Supercar Sunday, they've had some rare tackle over the years

[Gompo]

threespires said:

My boy has to find a Caparo - fat chance..

I saw one at Nailcote Hall Golf Club in August, it was on display though, while a competition was on. Do they have to be spotted in the wild..?

[MrHorsepower]

Gompo said:

Do they have to be spotted in the wild..?

I don't think so. I had the I Spy Classic Cars book which featured such cars as a De Dion Bouton Model Q. Where are you going to find one of those outside of Beaulieu or V.C.C. events? I seem to recall that the photo supplied was of the National Motor Museum car.

[aeropilot]

yellowjack said:

randomeddy said:

Can't remember the last time I saw one of these in the flesh.
Taxed and on the road but being used for storage.

Nice. Except for the silly-small period wheels.

1969 Bond Equipe 2.0 litre.

According to 'How Many Left' there are only 6 of the 2 litre cars left registered. Four '69 cars licensed and one SORN, with one '70 car licensed.

When I was a kid the next door neighbour owned one of these for a while, maybe for a year or so. Wasn't far off being the same colour as that one. Would have been around 1970/1.

[apusmelba]

yellowjack said:

randomeddy said:

Can't remember the last time I saw one of these in the flesh.
Taxed and on the road but being used for storage.

Nice. Except for the silly-small period wheels.

1969 Bond Equipe 2.0 litre.

According to 'How Many Left' there are only 6 of the 2 litre cars left registered. Four '69 cars licensed and one SORN, with one '70 car licensed.

https://www.howmanyleft.co.uk/vehicle/bond_equipe#...

I have got two 2litre convertibles both 1969 one taxed and one sorn.

I think the section on engines in "How Many Left" gives a total of 23 taxed and 20 sorned engines over 1900cc ie 6cylinder Equipe, the rest being the 4 cylinder Equipe 47 taxed and 37 sorned for a grand total of 127 cars. there must also be cars off the road before the sorn regs came in.

I have run mine since 1981 and enjoyed driving and restoring it , after all its a Triumph Vitesse .

[CR6ZZ]

Immaculate 1970 Plymouth Duster 340 parked across the road from work this morning. Sorry about crap picture - maximum zoom and windows need cleaning...

[v15ben]

Stayed in Notting Hill for New Years Eve last night and saw some interesting cars parked on the streets nearby.





This was at Tesco in Milton Keynes last week - a '96 model that looked pristine!

[droopsnoot]

Saw this for sale on Christmas Eve

[Blown2CV]

droopsnoot said:

Saw this for sale on Christmas Eve

Nice but those wheels look rum!

[RichardM5]

droopsnoot said:

Saw this for sale on Christmas Eve

Looks in good nick except for all the rust!

[DickyC]

v15ben said:

This was at Tesco in Milton Keynes last week - a '96 model that looked pristine!

When I first worked in Rugby I stayed at a B&B in the Warwickshire sticks and the guy next door had a newish 164 Cloverleaf. We left at the same time in the morning to blast into Rugby; me in my V12 XJS, him in the Alfa.

In a drag race, I think the Jag could have given good account of itself. On a blast through the lanes it was nowhere.

"The Alfa pissed all over the Jag," would be too strong, but it out-classed the Jag in so many ways I gave up trying.

[uk66fastback]

droopsnoot said:

Saw this for sale on Christmas Eve

Lovely. How much was it?

[v15ben]

Saw this while out for a walk today.
Haven't seen it move in the 4 months I've lived here.
The second DS I've seen this week and also saw an SM in Notting Hill on Wednesday!

[Cliftonite]

[threespires]

Oldwolf said:

threespires said:

My boy has to find a Caparo - fat chance..

I suggest one of his best chances would be Goodwood Supercar Sunday, they've had some rare tackle over the years

Gompo said:

I saw one at Nailcote Hall Golf Club in August, it was on display though, while a competition was on. Do they have to be spotted in the wild..?

Goodwood - 10 hours away, thanks for the idea though.

"Do they have to be spotted in the wild..?" Maybe..

Perhaps we can cheat & set fire to one of his Mr Potato characters, would that count? ☺☺

[SWH]

Sunny afternoon in Brighton today. Heard this before I saw it, appeared to be caged, with harnesses and had a massive hound in the back too.